LaptopMedia has reportedly acquired the first notebook sample that packs a GTX 1050 Ti class graphics chip. This chip is based on the NVIDIA GP107 core that was recently launched on desktop cards. The chip will now be making its way down to the mobility platforms and fall in budget / gaming oriented devices. The GeForce GTX 1050 series are very efficient in terms of power consumption and that would lead to longer battery times on notebooks.

Exact specifications of the chip are posted by the source however they haven’t been confirmed at the moment. The specifications for the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Notebook) include a GP107 core that is built on the Samsung 14nm process node. The chip houses 768 CUDA cores, 48 texture mapping units and 32 raster operation units. The package would feature 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 7 GHz that would operate around a 128-bit bus interface, leading to a 112 GB/s bandwidth.

Clock speeds are rated at 1490 MHz base and 1624 MHz boost which are higher than the desktop variants. We aren’t sure if these are the actual clock speeds but we will wait for confirmation, these are the clocks that were used while testing the GTX 1050 Ti GPU on the notebook. Last but not least, the GPU would feature a TDP less than 100W. I think NVIDIA would aim for the same 75W range as the desktop parts however MXM module can go beyond that and that’s one reason why the chip is clocked higher compared to desktop models that require no external power connectors.

NVIDIA GeForce Pascal Mobility Family Comparison:

Specification

GeForce GTX 980 Notebook

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Notebook

GeForce GTX 1060
Notebook

GeForce GTX 1070
Notebook

GeForce GTX 1080 Notebook

Graphics Core

GM204

GP107

GP106

GP104

GP104

Manufacturing process

28nm

14nm FinFET

16nm FinFET

16nm FinFET

16nm FinFET

CUDA Cores

2048

768

1280

2048

2560

Transistors

5.2 Billion

3.3 Billion

4.4 Billion

7.2 Billion

7.2 Billion

ROP units

64

32

48

64

64

TMUs

128

48

80

128

160

Core clock speed

1064 MHz

1490 MHz?

1404 Mhz

1442 MHz

1566 MHz

Boost clock speed

1228 MHz

1624 MHz?

1670 Mhz

1645 MHz

1733 MHz

Memory clock

7004 MHz

7,008 MHz

8,008 MHz

8,008 MHz

10,000 MHz

Memory interface

256-bit

128-bit

192-bit

256-bit

256-bit

Total memory bandwidth

224 GB/s

112 GB/s

192GB/s

256GB/s

320 GB/s

Total dedicated GPU memory

8 GB

4 GB

6 GB

8 GB

8 GB

VRAM Type

GDDR5

GDDR5

GDDR5

GDDR5

GDDR5X

TDP

~150W

~60W

~80W

~120W

~150W

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Benchmarks – 10% Faster Than The GTX 970M

Alright so the performance results are pretty good for the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. It scores almost 50,000 points in 3DMark Cloud Gate, 7757 points in 3DMark Firestrike and 1836 points in Unigine Heaven 4 benchmarks. All of these are up to 10% faster than the GeForce GTX 970M. The GTX 970M is based on the Maxwell architecture and has 1280 CUDA cores along with 6 GB of VRAM.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Notebook Performance Comparison:

GPU Name

3DMark Cloud Gate (Graphics)

3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics)

Unigine Heaven 4

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Laptop)

49976 (+10%)

7757 (+7%)

1836 (+9%)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M (ASUS GL502)

45541

7271

1691

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M (HP Omen 2016)

38125

6063

1260

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (Lenovo Y700)

31097

4451

989

It’s quite impressive that the entry level Pascal GPU is outperforming a cut down GM204 chip that also packs a wider bus. The GTX 1050 Ti is also more efficient than the Maxwell GPU so there’s that, an added bonus. User running a Pascal GTX 1050 Ti notebook will not only get faster performance but save a bit of battery time too.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Running Doom on 1080P / Ultra

The source is also performing some real gaming tests with the GTX 1050 Ti notebook. They have posted a video showing the chip running DOOM on 1080P with Ultra settings and using OpenGL API. We can see the frames average between 50-60 which is decent enough for the entry level chip.